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Entries in Sculptures (88)

Jurassic  Christmas

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Children walk underneath a stream of water coming from the public art sculpture titled 'Dinosaurs of Santa Monica' (by 1989, Claude and Francois Lalanne) at the Third Street Promenade on Sunday, December 3, 2006.The sculpture  is constructed from stainless steel, copper, and foliage.
Posted on Sunday, December 3, 2006 at 04:12PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Holiday lights

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Pedestrians walk past  Edgemar's illuminated holiday sculpture built from shopping carts by artist Anthony Schmitt at main street on Thursday, November 16, 2006.
Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 08:14PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Edgemar Holiday Tree

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Artist Anthony Schmitt, 49, climbs atop of the  'Edgemar Holiday Tree' to hang some lights on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. The holiday tree sculpture is 33 feet tall and consists of 83 shopping carts. This is the tenth year that Schmitt has built the sculpture at the Edgemar. No scaffolding was needed to erect the sculpture, it served as its own scaffolding he said.
Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 08:01PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Digging in

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Pontus Willfors, 33, and Robert Weinstein, 77,  work on their stone sculptures during professors Don Hartman's sculpting class at  SMC on Thursday, November 9, 2006.

Posted on Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 03:56PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

The Dinosaurs of Santa Monica

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On Monday, November 6, 2006, (left to right) David Hartwell, 34, Gabrielle Tieu, 29 and Adam Said, 27 from the Sculpture Conservatory Studio, perform their annual maintenance of cleaning, washing, removing corrosion and applying a wax coating onto the public art work sculptures titled "The Dinosaurs of Santa Monica" 1989 by Claude and Francois LaLanne. The six topiary sculptures are  stainless steel, copper and foliage that run along the Third Street Promenade between Broadway and Wilshire Boulevard.
Posted on Monday, November 6, 2006 at 02:31PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Walk on LA

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Children play on the art sculpture titled "Walk on LA." by artist Carl Cheng at Santa Monica Beach during the first day of fall, September 23, 2006.
Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 at 03:35PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

All fired up

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Art student Nick Jones, 24, works on his 'Snaggle-tooth Dragon' during professor Don Hartman's glass blowing class at  Santa Monica College on Thursday, September 21, 2006.
Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 01:35PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

A woman's eye

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Elnara Baschung, 27, puts her sculpture titled, 'What ever you see' into the art display cabinet during professors Don Hartman's (left) sculpting class at  Santa Monica College on Thursday, September 21, 2006. "I am fascinated by a woman's body, I think its beautiful and want to point it out." said Baschung.
Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 01:30PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint